Follow the rainbow for fanciful farm hopping and pantry shopping. Let the bluebird of happiness lead you over the rainbow when the annual Spring Weekend comes to the pretty little village of Bot River on 1-3 September and a kaleidoscope of exciting wine, food and genuine, country-style fun explodes. Just like the rainbow-theme it has […]
Wineries of Bot River celebrate together! 9 – 11 September 2011 A fabulous weekend celebrating the advent of Spring for wine lovers, nature lovers and families to get together for the good-time event of the year with gastronomy, tastings, entertaining activities , local artists and so much more. Our line up this year kicks off […]
Apologies for the terrible title – a late evening conversation on twitter the other day about advertising slogans reminded me of the CountryLife butter advert which we had in the UK – you’ll never put a better bit o’ butter on your knife – and so I thought I’d plagiarise it for this post. Because […]
Well known four times winner of the Comrades marathon Vladimir Kotov is the quest 21km participant of the 6th Botrivier Van der Stel Pass Challenge on Saturday 30 October 2010. Vladimir won the race in 2009 and has been invited to defend his title with stiff competition expected this year. The race starts and finishes […]
Can you beat the Bot River Barrel Race Rollers? October is Barrel Fest in Bot River! The wineries started to paint their barrels for the 3rd annual Barrel Race. The Bot River station will be the centre of attraction with a lovely farmer’s market, food, live music, prizes and lots of local wine wine plus […]
The community of Bot River is actively involved in investing in the future of their children. BEF (Bot River Education Foundation)is a voluntary association established in 2005 with the aim to motivate and encourage students in the Bot River community to study in the fields of engineering, accounting and medicine by a carefully constructed […]
A fabulous weekend celebrating the advent of Spring and Rosé created by the Bot River winemakers targeted at the pink wine buying market. Participating wine estates will celebrate Rosé by hosting an appropriately pink event with gastronomy, competitions, tastings, blendings, amusing activities and hilarious entertainment. Participating wineries will be open on Saturday from 09:00 to […]
‘Shunting’ is a railroad term for when the train changes from one track to another, and this little spot in Botrivier certainly shunted my perception of the sleepy town of Botrivier. I’d been there a few times to visit Beaumont wines (always a worthwhile visit) and had passed through several more, but nothing had caught […]
So I was so excited by the pizza and Birkenhead at the Shunting Shed in Botrivier last time, I decided to go back – with reinforcements. So I planned along with several others to spend a Saturday afternoon watching rugby there, which is what we did. We arrived. We ordered some Birkenhead. Sold out. Some […]
Bot River Valley Vineyards Association are again ready to roll with their annual Barrel Race on the 31st October 2009. Held at the Bot River station, races are relay-style with time trials leaving the two best teams competing for the grand prize in the final race. Number of entrants is limited, so get your team […]
On the 31st October hundred of entrants are expected to line the start of the 5th Botrivier van der Stel Pass Challenge. The 2009 race promises to be the biggest yet.So fasten your tekkies and head off to the historic Botrivier Station for the start – just ½hr drive from Somerset West. The race caters […]
The biggest challenge to the Bot River harvest is usually the birds that swoop in to feast on the flavoursome grapes. We don’t mind the odd feast, if only they wouldn’t messily pick here and there and damage so many grapes! This invasion aside, Bot River’s harvest in 2009 was a superb one, and began […]
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